Calendar



W. H. DRAUGHON CALENDAR Filed Aug. ll, 1923 w Q a 2v /0 -q 22 as,

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Patented Dec. i8, 1928-. airis v.eineriis 'Y PATE.

WILLIAM H.' I'naAUGHoN, or nnrnoinliiiioiiiean.

y CALENDAR.

Application filed august iii, i923. seriai No'. 656,840.:

month Aand year of a century or several cen is toprovidea calendarladapted to be-applied to a pencil either iixed thereto or removable andhaving one or more parts rotatable relative to the other parts to.enable the same to be read for the month, Week and day of anyparticular year. Fundamentall'y, theV object ofthe invention istoprovide aoalendar having a stationary .and a movable part, one bearTing indications for several months of the year and the otherhavingnumerals indicative of a number ofV years ofa century and the usualnumerals for the days oa month, said mov# able pai-t also being movablerelative to a portion having indications for the days of the Week insuch relation that, by setting the movable part to secure the necessaryrelationship ot the year and month, the dates of the days of the Weeksfor said month'are indicated. A further object of the invention is inthe provision of means whereby the dates of theV days of the Week forany monthoif any year oit several centuries may be determined.

rifhere is a vfurther `feature of the rinvention in the arrangement ofthe monthsy and years whereby the calendar may be set for tlie'leapyears of one or more centuries, and a further feature of, the inventionis in the arrangement of the calendar in a compact form indicatinga'nun'iber of years of a kcentury in which there is change as to thedates of the days of the Week in any month-that is, the firsttwentyeight years of any century, the dates of theV days of the Week otany one month changek from year tov year subsequent to which thevtwventyninth year would be a repetition of the first year. ,v By takingadvantage of this fact, compaetness in form is ysecured in that all oithe years oi' a century or more .than ak century are not'required to begiven on a cal'- endar. rlliese and otherobjects and the several novel..features of the inventionare here`` inaiter more fully described andclaimed, and the preferred form of a caiendar embodying my invention isshown in the accompanying drawings in Which- Fig. l is a side elevationshowing the calendarin tubular form as applied to a pencil and being oitype in Which'the dates of the days oi theV monthffor several centuriesmay be determined. i

A further object of the inventionv through'the attaching clip.

Fig. 2 is aA sectional!vieviT of thel'cylindrioal D n secured on apencil.

Fig. 3 is adetail in plan viewof a portion member Aiorminv the-calendarWhich maybe tions of the days of the Week.v

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eo of the calendaiin lflat form bearing indicay Fig. i is a'vievvl ofwhat is hereinatt'er i termed the stationary portion ,of vthecalen-l jdar in iat Vtorm'vvhereby krall the indications thereony `are i shown;in their general relation ship.

tionof thevcalendar also in fiat form.l Fig. 6 is anelevation oi a formoi:"c`alen-y Fig. 7 is a sectional vieziv thereof. i l Fig. 8 is aklongitudinal J VVhile'I have lsliovvnin Figs. 1,2,6 and 7 thepreferrechcylindrical form inWhich the calendar is made, it is to beunderstoodthat section taken i Fig. 5 is a similar vieu7 ofthemovableporl i' i' l `7o dar adapted for determiningfthe datesofthe, daysof the monththroiwhoutacentiiry.`

the calendar mayhave any desiredform and` that in its simplestform theinventionine volves a stationary and a movable member,l one of. themembers bearing indications for a numbero: yea-rs ofa century and theother bearing indication for the months'of 'a year, both'the monthy andyear indications being-` arranged in seven spaces and'adapted to .bevr

broughtl into alignmentas hereinafter de?V scribed. The movablelmeinberalso bears the dates ofthe daysof the monthand in a relatively fixedmembery are the indications for '-90 the days of a Week in seven spaceswhereby,

upon thersetting `ofthe movable member so that the desired year andmonth spaces are .f in registration,the dates of the days of the! monthare correctly positioned, relative tothe indication of the days'of'aWeek. This gen-k eral arrangement is best designated in Figs.v -f

`3, Zland 5in a calendar adaptable `forl use through a number of.,centui'ies.. This sta` tonary part 1 has at one end seven spaces eachof Which are the naines of one or moremonths--April and July, SeptemberandDecember, November .and March, January and October, are'in pairs asthese pairs of months .Y

in any year are repetitions-as tothedatejs .O f, 'the days of the Week.Other spacesv bear in-V V dications for the months of June, August and yMay. February is indicated in the November y i and March space, thedates of'` the days of the month being the same as November and March ofeach year except in leap year and, for this reason February anddanuaryof` these month indications are shown here as surrounded by a borderline. Preferably, in

ractice these months are indicated in color itfering from the color ofthe Words indicating the remaining months of the year. Preferably,-these indications of the month are at one end of the stationary part 1and preferably the part 1 is made of paper, cel luloid or otheradaptable material. The part 2 of the calendar bears the indications foryears Oto 28 of a century, and it is to be noted that those numberswhich are divisible by 4 are repeated in two consecutive spaces,

each pair of such duplicate numbers being circumscribed or boundtogether by an oval that is, two years indicated by 04 5 two years yindicated by 12, and two years indicated by 16, 2O and 28 which are theleap years an the first of these duplicated years is in colorcorresponding to that of February and J an-l Y year remain unchanged bythe added leapyear-day, while each of the remain ing months begin oneday later 1n the week. In the cal-V endar as made for several centuries,the ,end

of the part 1 opposite that `bearing indica` tions for the months of ayear has indications tor the years of several centuries ar ranged insevenspaces as indicated at 4 in Fig. 4. In this type the member 5provided with a slot 6 therein covers this part 4, the century andmonths of a century being exosed to view through this slot. This `meiner5 also carries at one end indicated at 7, letters indicating the days ofthe week. Thus, by placing the member 5 over the part 4 of the member 1for instance March 190() to December 1999 would be indicated and thisslot by such movement positions the indications for the days of the weekin a. certain relationto the months at the end 3 ot the part 1. Thus,when the member 2 is set with the year in alignment with the month inwhich a date'is desired, the dates of the days of the'montli arepositioned relative to the indications for the days of the weelr. In thestructure indicated in Fig. 6 for a single century the lettersindicating the davs of the week are on the member 8 at the end 9 while`the months are at the end 10 of the member 8 and in the same relationas in Fig. 1. The

member 11 is identical with the member 2 of Fig. 5` and is rotatable onthis member 8.

As previously stated, this calendar may be made in any approved mannerand of any adaptable material and preferably is made in cylindrical formfor use on a pencil as herctofore stated. In the making et it in acylindrical form, it may be made ot' paper and coated with a preparationsuch as collodion to prevent obliteration of the mattei' printed thereonor it may be made of celluloid. VIn the structure shown inFigs. 2 or 7,the member 2 or 11 is rotatable about the respective base mamber 1 or 8.To permit the member 11 to be placed on the member 8 in the form shownin Fig.`7, the part 9 is placed in position subsequent 'to the member 11and is secured in place on the end of the part 8.

In the torni shown in Fig. 2, the member 5 is rotatable and thereforethe two members 2 and 5 may be readily placed on the base member 1. Thiscalendar may be made in several forms either as a permanent part of apencil oi such type as has removable leads or it may be made separatelyand a pencil inserted therein and may be made of paper and carryadvertising matter. Also the paper could be secured on a thin metal tubeas indicated in Fig. 8. This tube may have a struck up part 12 lyingover the end of the calendar proper and providing a clip for retainingthe device in the users pocket as will be readily understood.

A feature of this calendar is in the arrangecolor or otherwise made tocorrespond with,` the January and February of the portion 3 while thesecond occurrence of leap year 04 is in the saine color as the earsother than the leap years and likewise t e same in color asthereinaining months indicated on the por tion 3. The reason for thisarrangement arises in the following manner:-The dates of the days of theweek for January and Febf ruary of a leap year are the saine as thoughthere was no leap year but February of that year containing twentyminedays, the remaining months begin one day later in the week and thus thecalendar would be used for January or February of 1904 with the first 04opposite the similarly colored January or February while the remainderof the mont-hs would require the advancing of the portion 2 one spaceand thus moving the dates of the month one space relative to theindications for the days of the week. It is believed new in a calendarto thus arrange the indications or numerals ior a leap year in twoVadjacent spaces whereby a portion of the months of a leap year may beread relative to one of the of the century in order that movement ofoneof the members to position theyear indicay,

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wouldbe placedV in alignment with thev space marked VApril ofthe part 1thereby positioning the month dates correctly relative to the days ofthe Week. In the device shown in Figs. 4t and 5, the member 5 Will beplaced so that the year March to December 1900 to 1999 are exposed toview through the slot 6. This` ivill'position the days of the Weekproperly relative to the numerals indicating the days of the month and`a. dir-eet readingkof all of the days for the month of April, 1955, Willbe given. In the case shown lin Fig. 6 in Which the indication of thedays of the Week are in fixed relationrwith the section 8, the member 11will be turned in the same manner as above described relativ-e to themember 2, positioning the section 8 With the desired year opposite thespace indicating April and a direct reading of the days of the monthrelative to the days of the Weel( is given.

The member 5 is used in the rform shown in Fig. 1 to position the daysof the Week' 1700 to December 17 99 are in a succeeding secl tion forthe reason that after January and February of 1700 (which is not a. leapyear), the dates of the days of the Week are not retarded one space asis usual to care for an added day of February. The year indications inmy calendar are arranged as though every fourth year Was a leap yearand, due to the above mentioned fact that three of four centuries arenot leap years, compensation must be provided in the calendarfor thisfact. Therefore, in the century indications shown at t in Fig. 4, threeof the century indications are each divided into-two periods, the fourthcentury being in a single period Whichis a leap year century. Therefore,in operation andto compensate for the omission of the usual leap yearday in February of 1700, 1800 and 1900 in the arrangement of thecalendar showing indication of the days of the Week after February mustbe set forward one space vfor all remaining months p Thus, if one Wantedto know the datey ofthedaysofthe month ot-Aprilf1955, the space carryingthe numeral 27 of the part 2 tions` relative v,tothe month lindicationwill position the dates of the days of the month correctly for thosecenturies in 'which' the one hundredth yearl is nota: leap year.

Y Fromthe foregoing vdescription it is evi-f ldent that the principleinvolved inthe calendar may beV embodiedin various-forms Y,

thereof specifically the arrangement of onel member movable relative tolanother -to position the' dates of the; days of the month relative tothe days of the Week? giving a propn,

er reading for themonth and year.1 Itis further to benoted that, While Ilhave shovvn in Fig. 5 for instance the month indications at 3 on the4member 1, the month indications arranged in seven spaces may be placedupon the member 2 and the year indications placed upon the member 1vWithout changing their sequence (but reversing the order of progression)and resulting in the saine-accuracy of L reading as in the arrangementspecifically shown. Preferably, the kcalendar is made in cylindricalformv in any approved manner adapting the same to be used With anordinary pencil or` other holder of similar form..

This secures a compact formof calendar al- Ways useful and generally athand When required as it can be carried in the pocket with l,

the pencil and, by making it removable, it

rcan be sold separately or even given away with advertising matter andcan be made up in an inexpensive Way. A more permanentk structure can bemade bfy utilizing the' celluloid or a tliin'metal tube to carry andsupport the calendar parts. i g Y Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters;-

Patent of the United States isy 1. In a calendar, a pair of cylindricalmembers in relatively rotatable relation, one of the said membersbearing monthly yindications arranged in seven consi-icutive"L spacesand the other of the said members having a like series of spaces alignedlongitudinally thereof and at one end bearing the days of a month andvveelr in consecutive order in said spaces and at the otherV end havinga series of year indicationsarranged'in consecut-ive order in .the saidspaces, the indif cations for the leap years of a century being induplicate and occurring in adjacent spaces one of which is a differentcolor from the other, the January and February month indications beingalso in a color distinguishing from the remainder of themonthindications, and `means inl addition to the said difference in color oftheleap year indications for indicating to the user that the saidduplicate numbers both indicate a leap year.

2. In a calendar, a pair of cylindrical memvbers in relative rotatablerelation, yone of the members bearing month indications arranged insevenconsecutive spaces and the other of'thesaid members having a like seriesof spaces aligned longitudinally there-'i of and at one endbearingindications of the days of the month and Week in consecutive order andat the other endhaving a series of year indications arranged inconeecutive order in the said spaces, the indications for the leap yearsof a century being in duplicate and occurring in adjacent spaces one ofwhich is of a color different from the other, the January and Februarymonth indications being also of the same color as the differing leapyear indication, and means consisting of a mark ofthe same color as theJanuary and February month 'indications ooupling the two leap yearindications and providing an indication to the user, When a January orFebruary month indication is positioned in alignment with aleap yearindication of another color, that the calendar should be arranged toposition theJ'anuary or February month indication as the case may be inalignment With the leap year indication of the same color.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specifica tion.

' i WILLIAM H. DnAUGHoN.

